20th Century
Santa Fe Mourning
Santa Fe Mourning is the promising start to a new series. It is set in the 1920s when losses from…
Ecstasy
This is an intimate deep-dive into the thoughts of the composer Alma Schindler Mahler during her marriage to Gustav Mahler.…
The Only Story
Editors' choice
England in the early 1960s. Paul Roberts is nineteen and home for the summer holidays after completing his first year…
Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August
The Nazi Olympics are told, day by day, through the lives of an impressive array of sources, including top Nazi…
The Devil’s Reward
Evocative is the best description of this short novel spanning two world wars to the present day, and which, despite…
The Storm
In November 1970, while a cyclone sweeps Bangladesh’s shores, Honufa scurries from her hut in a Chittagong fishing village with…
Under Fire
In 1942 Ruth Brown watches her sister’s empty coffin being lowered into the ground. Ruth refuses to believe Jane is…
The Summer I Met Jack
Alicia Darr arrives in America, a displaced person hoping to find a new life after the war. Her cultured, privileged…
Paving the New Road
It’s the fourth outing for amateur detective Rowly Sinclair and his unlikely band of helpers, housemates and creative types Edna,…
Dreams of Falling
A multi-generational novel of friendship, second chances, betrayal, and long-held secrets, Dreams of Falling is a poignant piece of Southern…
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